Example sentences of "[pron] simply do [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I simply did not think of it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Now I simply do n't think of you at all . ’ |
| 3 | I simply do n't agree with the contention that no case has been made . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , I simply do n't connect with that , ’ she answers sincerely , ‘ We should respect each other , just because . |
| 5 | This is not because of the often quoted ‘ collection of mulm at the front so that it can be syphoned off ’ which simply does n't happen in a properly run undergravel filtered tank . |
| 6 | In Britain and the world of the new century which approaches we will need to give the enhancement and protection of our environment a prominence which simply did not enter into the consciousness of earlier generations . |
| 7 | On the one hand you 've got guitar players who are very interested in the environment — after all , guitar players are artists , and artists tend to be more liberal and environmentally-minded than most — but on the other hand you have a lot of people who simply do n't want to be bothered . |
| 8 | my Lord then all , what , then , was not restricting competition because the people you have excluded are not people who would be in the market in any event , you are already saying we 've got the level of the , the , the hurdle , the wall or the barrier to such a low level that anybody who 's outside it , it is simply not a competitor , we 've got everybody in the market who could conceivably deserve to be there , but there 's no restriction , no you maybe excluding criminals or fraudsters for a , until they 've been re rehabilitated , er and you 're excluding people who simply do not deserve to be there as competitors at all , but no capability of right to compete and that 's why there is no restriction , everybody is in the charm circle who wants to be there and is capable of competing and that 's what the commission are trying to get the rules down to , making sure that no one is outside of the wall who should be inside of the wall and that 's why of course at the end of the day they can give their clearances , there 's no restriction . |
| 9 | In addition , there are some excellent hypnotherapists who just do not have the right personality to work in the field of past-life regression — and , of course , there are others who simply do not wish to . |
| 10 | Occasionally we hear of staff abuse and there is outrage , but more often than not we simply do not think of what it means to be old or shut away . |
| 11 | At this distance in time we simply do not know in detail how the clerks did their jobs , for there were no manuals of office procedure , and the functional tasks gradually evolved so that they bore little resemblance to their forebears . |
| 12 | We simply do n't listen to ourselves ! |
| 13 | His public relations executive is probably working hard enough on his account , but they simply did not keep in touch on a regular basis . |
| 14 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 15 | Many new towns on the fringe of the affluent south-east are so heavily populated by young married couples that they simply do not cater for retired people in any of their social activities ; similarly , you may be pushed to find an under-30s ' club in a retirement village on the south coast . |
| 16 | They simply do not put into effect the rules that the Community agrees . |
| 17 | He simply does n't believe in it . |
| 18 | He simply does not need to be loved , apparently , whether by his relatives or anyone else ; he does not even , at all reliably , want it . |
| 19 | But he simply does not come to grips with the genuine political and cultural difficulty of establishing effective institutions for research in applied sciences , such as agriculture and medicine , which can not be seeded entirely by individual commitment and talent . |
| 20 | He simply did n't care for anyone at all . |
| 21 | He simply did not want to be solemn . |
| 22 | One problem with the orthodox account is that it simply does not square with the facts about when and where riots happen — and in particular , whereabouts in the prison system they occur . |
| 23 | But the most striking thing about Bagehot 's essay on Peel , in the light of the last full week of this election campaign , is that it simply does not apply to Major at all . |
| 24 | It simply does n't occur to me . |
| 25 | It simply does n't occur to me ’ |
| 26 | But what they were getting at was n't so much that the coverage was favouring one party over another but that it simply did n't relate to them , the actual voters in the constituency . |